Configuring the project preferences for digitizing pipes

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Once you have set up a modeling project, you can add features such as pumps pipes

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and even treatment plants to the system and digitize them.

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In this lesson,

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you will configure the project settings in preparation of

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digitizing pump stations and a reservoir in the model

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to begin.

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Double click the desired project dot APR

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file to open Argi

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Pro.

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Once the project starts,

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click the info water pro tab to open the info water pro ribbon

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in the project panel, click initialize

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first, you must set the project preferences

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also from the project panel or from the info water pro tools. Menu click preferences

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in the preferences, dialogue on the operation settings.

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Tab make sure that the following preferences are all enabled

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auto length calculation

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so that any newly drawn pipes will automatically be populated with length,

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auto record saving. So that edits do not need to be saved for each edit,

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auto database packing.

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So that ids of features that are deleted can be immediately reused.

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Also in the left column enable delete confirmation,

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auto

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demand reset,

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allow duplicated report,

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temporary remove table join

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suffix scenario ID in printing output graph

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and allow project database editing buffer

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on the right.

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Enable auto

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output, relate update,

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auto output, retrieval,

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auto output, remembering

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enable output, save a

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and single output, report loading.

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Then make sure that auto pipe delete is disabled.

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So that deleting a node will not affect the pipes connecting to the node,

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click the id and description tab and update the following rows in the table

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junction.

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Delete the ID prefix. Enter 8450 for next

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N five for increment

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tank.

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Enter T for the id prefix 5008 for next

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and two for increment

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reservoir.

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Enter W T P for the id prefix,

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enter 100 for next

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and 100 for increment

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pump.

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Enter P dash for the id prefix, enter 100 for next

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and 20 for increment

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valve.

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Enter V for the ID prefix,

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enter 8018 for next

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and two for increment

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pipe,

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delete the ID prefix. Enter 13140 for next

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and five for increment,

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you can leave all other rows in the table as they are

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click ok to close the project preferences.